The Master of Game
- Subtitle
- The Oldest English Book on Hunting
Edward of Norwich and count of Foix Gaston III Phoebus
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1. Front matter2. THE MASTER OF GAME3. ILLUSTRATIONS4. INTRODUCTION5. FOREWORD TO THE FIRST EDITION6. CHAPTER I THE PROLOGUE7. CHAPTER II OF THE HARE AND OF HER NATURE8. CHAPTER III OF THE HART AND HIS NATURE9. CHAPTER IV OF THE BUCK AND OF HIS NATURE10. CHAPTER V OF THE ROE AND OF HIS NATURE11. CHAPTER VI OF THE WILD BOAR AND OF HIS NATURE12. CHAPTER VII OF THE WOLF AND OF HIS NATURE13. CHAPTER VIII OF THE FOX AND OF HIS NATURE14. CHAPTER IX OF THE GREY (BADGER) AND OF HIS NATURE15. CHAPTER X OF THE (WILD) CAT AND ITS NATURE16. CHAPTER XI THE OTTER AND HIS NATURE17. CHAPTER XII OF THE MANNER AND HABITS AND CONDITIONS OF HOUNDS18. CHAPTER XIII OF SICKNESSES OF HOUNDS AND OF THEIR CORRUPTIONS19. CHAPTER XIV OF RUNNING HOUNDS AND OF THEIR NATURE20. CHAPTER XV OF GREYHOUNDS AND OF THEIR NATURE21. CHAPTER XVI OF ALAUNTES AND OF THEIR NATURE22. CHAPTER XVII OF SPANIELS AND OF THEIR NATURE23. CHAPTER XVIII OF THE MASTIFF AND OF HIS NATURE24. CHAPTER XIX WHAT MANNER AND CONDITION A GOOD HUNTER SHOULD HAVE.25. CHAPTER XX HOW THE KENNEL FOR THE HOUNDS AND THE COUPLES FOR THE RACHES AND THE ROPES FOR THE LYMER SHOULD BE MADE26. CHAPTER XXI HOW THE HOUNDS SHOULD BE LED OUT TO SCOMBRE27. CHAPTER XXII HOW A HUNTER'S HORN SHOULD BE DRIVEN28. CHAPTER XXIII HOW A MAN SHOULD LEAD HIS GROOM IN QUEST FOR TO KNOW A HART BY HIS TRACE29. CHAPTER XXIV HOW A MAN SHOULD KNOW A GREAT HART BY THE FUMES17730. CHAPTER XXV HOW A MAN SHOULD KNOW A GREAT HART BY THE PLACE WHERE HE HATH FRAYED HIS HEAD31. CHAPTER XXVI HOW THE ORDINANCE SHOULD BE MADE FOR THE HART HUNTING BY STRENGTH AND HOW THE HART SHOULD BE HARBOURED32. CHAPTER XXVII HOW A HUNTER SHOULD GO IN QUEST BY THE SIGHT33. CHAPTER XXVIII HOW AN HUNTER SHOULD GO IN QUEST BETWEEN THE PLAINS AND THE WOOD34. CHAPTER XXIX HOW A HUNTER SHOULD GO IN QUEST IN THE COPPICE AND THE YOUNG WOOD35. CHAPTER XXX HOW AN HUNTER SHOULD GO IN QUEST IN GREAT COVERTS AND STRENGTHS36. CHAPTER XXXI HOW A HUNTER SHOULD QUEST IN CLEAR SPIRES AND HIGH WOOD19837. CHAPTER XXXII HOW A GOOD HUNTER SHALL GO IN QUEST TO HEAR THE HARTS BELLOW38. CHAPTER XXXIII HOW THE ASSEMBLY THAT MEN CALL GATHERING SHOULD BE MADE BOTH WINTER AND SUMMER AFTER THE GUISE OF BEYOND THE SEA39. CHAPTER XXXIV HOW THE HART SHOULD BE MOVED WITH THE LYMER AND RUN TO AND SLAIN WITH STRENGTH40. CHAPTER XXXV HOW AN HUNTER SHOULD SEEK AND FIND THE HARE WITH RUNNING HOUNDS AND SLAY HER WITH STRENGTH41. CHAPTER XXXVI OF THE ORDINANCE AND THE MANNER OF HUNTING WHEN THE KING WILL HUNT IN FORESTS OR IN PARKS FOR THE HART WITH BOWS AND GREYHOUNDS AND STABLE42. APPENDIX43. APPENDIX (continued 2)44. LIST OF SOME BOOKS CONSULTED AND ABBREVIATIONS USED IN TEXT45. GLOSSARY OF OBSOLETE ENGLISH TERMS AND WORDS OCCURRING IN THE ANCIENT TEXTS OF "THE MASTER OF GAME" AND IN APPENDIX.46. INDEX47. Extracts from Reviews in the English and American Press